Browse 248 healing plants recorded in Philippine books of herbs.

Drawn from T. H. Pardo de Tavera's The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines (1901) and Herminia de Guzman-Ladion's Healing Wonders of Herbs (1985), laid out one plant per page with today's names, the ailments each was used for, flower colours, native range, a photo and recent research.

Sampaguita

Lagundi

Sambong

All plants

248 entries

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What each entry holds

217 plants come from the 1901 book, quoted in its own words on uses, dose, botany and habitat. 74 come from the 1985 book, 43 of them plants the older book also covers, with its remedies summarised by ailment. Both sit beside facts gathered in October 2026. 242 of 248 entries have a photo from Wikimedia Commons, 3 from iNaturalist, 3 show a herbarium sheet from Kew, and 245 list papers from Europe PMC.

Names: The Tagalog, Visayan, Ilocano, Spanish and English names each book recorded, plus the name in use today.
Ailments: What each book used the plant for, grouped so the list above can be filtered by ailment.
Description: A modern account from Wikipedia in English and, where one exists, in Tagalog.
Location: Where the plant is native, where the 1901 book says it grew, and which Philippine provinces have records of it today.
Research: The most cited recent papers with the plant in the title, linked to the publisher.

The remedies and doses are a historical record from 1901 and 1985. Several of these plants are poisonous. Do not treat this site as medical advice.